Press & Media Coverage
Below are the most up-to-date press releases & media coverage from American Hydrotech. Click on a headline, thumbnail or "Read More" link to continue reading or to save a PDF copy to your computer. If you have any questions or would like to request more information, please contact our Customer Service department.
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS (October 11, 2017) American Hydrotech – a market leader in the development and distribution of premium waterproofing and roofing products and assemblies, today announced the introduction of the InstaGreen® GT-4 pre-vegetated tray, an expansion of the InstaGreen® product line within the Garden Roof® portfolio of assemblies.
The GT-4 tray is one option for a stormwater management plan by providing valuable green space as a BMP on roofs to handle the first rains. It consolidates all growing media, drainage and vegetation in one convenient package for easy transport and installation by roofing professionals and landscape contractors. The tray is composed of 100% fully recycled content and features other key benefits such as:
• 12” x 24” high performance format can hold up to 4” of media for optimum plant growth
On October 10, 2017 at 2PM CDT, Hydrotech will be discussing the number of ways that storm water can be managed on the roof top, including vegetated roof and blue roofs. These high capacity assemblies can be efficient means of managing storm water, particularly in the urban environment.
On September 19, 2017, Hydrotech will be presenting Beauty Meets Performance: Vegetated Roofs as a Stormwater BMP. The intent of the lunch series is to help water professionals better understand the design, construction, and maintenance of green infrastructure. The series will act as an outlet for discovering quality stormwater management products and techniques.
Wind data is a critical issue to consider when building a new structure. An increase in the number of green roofs on buildings has driven a need for new wind design standards to be written for vegetative roofing assemblies. Richard Hayden discusses what is being done to update the protocol that is in place to incorporate built-up (loose laid) vegetated roofing assemblies.
(November 15, 2016) Richard Hayden, Hydrotech's Garden Roof Department Manager, will be speaking at the 2016 LED Specifier Summit and High Performance Building Forum.
The design community continues to struggles with how to handle ever-increasing stormwater requirements from various local and federal agencies. This session will give designers and their design team colleagues the latest information they need on how to incorporate vegetated roofs into a BMP/stormwater plan.
(September 28, 2016) Washington State has always been considered a pioneer when it comes to the adoption of greener and more sustainable practices. One of the most sustainable practices is to reuse an already constructed building and enhance that building from within to bring it up to today’s green standards. In 2002, the city of Bellevue, Wash., sought to consolidate all functions under one roof; however, doing so would require additional space as it had outgrown its existing City Hall structure. The city decided to save $50 million on new construction costs and purchase an existing 227,000-sq.-ft. office building at 450 110th Ave., formerly occupied by Qwest. In 2004, architectural firm SRG Partnership began modifying the concrete structure, including seismic upgrades; also added were a new facade, a heating plant and enhanced power distribution.
(July 16, 2016) Excerpt from an article in Forester Daily News
Green roofs – also known as vegetated or garden roofs – are key green infrastructure elements and are being increasingly recognized for their “valuable ability to absorb, reduce, and delay stormwater from reaching sewers or other grey infrastructure systems,” says Richard Hayden, garden roof product manager with Chicago-based American Hydrotech.
Green roofs work by storing rainwater in several areas of a layered assembly: in open pore spaces of the growing media and within the drainage and water retention system that underlies the growing media and plantings.
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS (July 1, 2016) City Creek Center in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah, is one of the largest mixed-use urban developments built in the last 10 years. It's also one of the most innovative. Completed in 2012, the 23-acre project includes dozens of world-class stores, hundreds of apartments in high-rise residential towers, and an underground parking structure with room for more than 5,000 vehicles. Obviously, waterproofing a project of this magnitude was a major undertaking.
The story of City Creek begins in the early 2000s, when the Mormon church bought the aging malls across the street from the faith's world headquarters with plans to rejuvenate downtown. Leaders wanted something both world class and enduring.
From one perspective, sustainable building is an ancillary industry, relying heavily on the larger domains of science and technology. The rate at which fresh, cutting-edge technologies can be propelled from the lab bears a direct connection to the capacity for architectural experts to map out the most desirable eco-conscious constructions for their clients and the natural environment alike. From another perspective, it is an industry rooted firmly in pragmatism, embracing proven techniques and methodologies—using these models as a template to expand upon and polish as needed. A noted example of the latter would be American Hydrotech’s long-celebrated Monolithic Membrane 6125, a roofing membrane that literally turned the traditional model upside-down.
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(August 5, 2016) Excerpt from an article in Stormwater Magazine.
With their myriad benefits, green roofs are becoming increasingly incorporated into new and existing projects. The International Green Roofs and Walls Project Database lists 1,599 projects totaling 33,334,677 square feet, and the number is growing. Green roofs—also known as vegetated or garden roofs—are key green infrastructure elements and are being increasingly recognized for their “valuable ability to absorb, reduce, and delay stormwater from reaching sewers or other grey infrastructure systems,” says Richard Hayden, garden roof product manager with Chicago-based American Hydrotech.
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS (September 5, 2014) American Hydrotech, Inc., a recognized leader in the development and distribution of premium waterproofing and roofing products, is pleased to announce that Garden Roof® Assembly and Ultimate Assembly technology are installed in Levi’s® Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif. These green spaces are part of a larger renovation for the new home of the San Francisco 49ers, which achieved new sustainable benefits and aesthetic appeal for fans and arena patrons.
Below are the most up-to-date press releases & media coverage from American Hydrotech. Click on a headline, thumbnail or "Read More" link to continue reading or to save a PDF copy to your computer. If you have any questions or would like to request more information, please contact our Customer Service department.